The BBC reports on the start of the trial of four Metropolitan Police officers charged with a sustained and violent attack on Babar Ahmad. From the BBC:“Babar Ahmad was arrested in a dawn raid on his home in Fountain Road, Tooting, south London, on 2 December 2003. “The officers attacked him...
With the UK population going to the polls tomorrow to vote in the AV referendum (and in local and regional elections in England, Scotland and Wales), the Independent editorial today urges voters to “Just say Yes to voting reform”. From the paper: “Tomorrow the British public will have...
The Lancashire Telegraph reports on the posting of offensive remarks about Islam and Muslims on Facebook by a BNP candidate standing for a seat in the council elections in Blackburn and Darwen. “Nancy Shaw-Farmer, who is bidding to become a councillor in Roe Lee in Blackburn, has been...
Front page news in the Daily Telegraph on Friday was the All Party Parliamentary Group on Homeland Security inaugural report, “Keeping Britain Safe: An Assessment of UK Homeland Security Strategy” under the headline “University campuses are “hotbeds” of Islamic extremism”. Among...
A news report on the BBC highlights charges brought against three people in connection with spray paint attacks on a mosque in Hartlepool, and two other locations, last November. From BBC News online: “Three people have been charged over race related vandalism, including a spray paint attack...
UKIP candidate for Leicester South Abhijit Pandya continues to make Islam and Muslims the centre piece of his election strategy with a blog post asking “What would have the formidable Victorian society thought of the proliferation of Mosques in Britain?” He writes:“Gladstone, the greatest...
The Prime Minister, David Cameron, made a statement to the House of Commons this afternoon on the news that Usama bin Laden was killed by US Special Forces in Abbottabad, Pakistan this weekend. The PM said: “The death of Usama bin Laden will have important consequences for the security of our...
Further news on deplorable election tactics with BNP and UKIP candidates both taking aim at Muslims and Islam in a desperate bid for votes. The Western Mail reports that BNP candidate in the Welsh Assembly elections, Susan Harwood, has “display[ed] highly offensive material that advocates...
The Daily Telegraph, Independent and Daily Mirror report on Muslims Against Crusades calling off their ridiculous planned protest on the day of the Royal Wedding. From the Daily Telegraph: “The radical group Muslims Against Crusades have cancelled their protest at the Royal Wedding claiming...
Camden New Journal reports on the case of Andrew Baldwin who was charged with aggravated criminal damage after he wrote “EDL” and drew a religious cross on the wall of the Muslim World League office in central London. From the paper: “A carer who wrote “EDL” and drew a religious cross...
